Saturday's Report: Bacon; Braves, Falcons, Hawks; World Cup/schedule, Wimbledon, MLB, WNBA, golf, NASCAR, college FB/BKB, NHL
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Around/About Georgia
Olson hits 2 homers, Harris and Albies also go deep as Braves roll over struggling Mets
Falcons Roundtable: Biggest questions facing Atlanta before training camp
Report: Hawks decline Jonathan Kuminga’s $24.3M team option
A Worthy Read
What polling shows about Americans’ interest in the World Cup and USMNT
Round of 16
Saturday
Canada vs. Morocco, 1 p.m., NRG Stadium
Paraguay vs. France, 5 p.m., Lincoln Financial Field
Sunday
Brazil vs. Norway, 4 p.m., MetLife Stadium
Mexico vs. England/Congo DR, 8 p.m., Mexico City
Monday
Spain vs. Portugal, 3 p.m., AT&T Stadium
Belgium vs. USA, 8 p.m., Lumen Field
Tuesday
Egypt vs. Argentina, 12 p.m., Mercedes-Benz Stadium
Switzerland vs. Colombia/Ghana, 4 p.m., British Columbia
Quarterfinals
Thursday
Canada/Morocco vs. Paraguay/France, 4 p.m., Gillette Stadium
Friday
Belgium/USA vs. Spain/Portugal, 3 p.m., SoFi Stadium
Saturday
Brazil/Norway vs. Mexico/England, 5 p.m., Hard Rock Stadium
Round of 16 winners, 9 p.m., Arrowhead Stadium
Soccer/World Cup
As the World Cup grows more global, many fans still struggle to get there
World Cup buzz has the potential to mint more soccer fans among kids — some just toddlers now
A red card means trouble and controversy at the World Cup: Here’s what to know
Balogun says a yellow card, not red card, would have been ‘fair’ at the World Cup
France takes center stage in Philly heat as Round of 16 begins
Spain goalkeeper Unai Simón sets World Cup record with 519 straight scoreless minutes in net
Messi and Argentina beat Cape Verde 3-2 in extra time thriller, advancing to World Cup Round of 16
Arias scores and Colombia beats Ghana 1-0 to reach the World Cup Round of 16
Egypt wins in World Cup knockout round debut with 4-2 penalty shootout edge over Australia
Congo coach Sébastien Desabre surprised to share news of his father’s death after World Cup match
MLB/NL
García and Lile each homer twice as the Nationals rout the Pirates
Church and Winn hit 3-run HRs, Cardinals pound Cubs
MLB/AL
Basallo hits 2-run homer to back Rogers as Orioles blank Reds
Rice hits go-ahead 2-run homer as Yankees stop 7-game skid
Chapman sets relief Ks record, Red Sox rookie Bennett stifles Angels
Baseball/MLB
Cavalli and Contreras get 7-game bans after Nationals-Red Sox fight; Mikolas and Eaton punished too
A’s prospect Ryan Lasko says he faces a ‘lengthy’ recovery after a frightening on-field collision
WNBA/Women’s Basketball
Clark condemns ‘harassment’ as WNBA players face a surge of online threats
Copper scores 23 of her 30 points in the 1st half as the Mercury race past the Storm
Liberty beat Minnesota Lynx 99-86, denying Reeve a wins record
Golf
Glover builds a two-shot lead in the John Deere Classic
McNeill shoots 66 to take a 2-shot lead into the weekend at the US Senior Open
Auburn’s Jackson Koivun: ‘It’s kind of weird to call myself a professional’
Auto Racing
Larson looks to break winless drought as NASCAR returns to Chicagoland
Starting lineup for 2026 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Chicagoland
Heather Gibbs reveals why Joe Gibbs never walked away from NASCAR despite losing his son
How to watch NASCAR at Chicagoland: Weekend schedule, start time, TV
Tennis
Osaka gets win at Wimbledon after she gives young daughter a ‘timeout’ on her birthday
Wimbledon might be Kryptonite to Gauff, but she powers through
Roundup: Jokovic earns 105th match win, to equal Federer record
Serena and Venus Williams sisters to play opening doubles match on Saturday
Djokovic says ‘people need to cool off a little bit with judgment’ on Williams
Serena is back. Her tennis career already defied belief
College Football/Southeast
Scarbinsky: Does Auburn have a better QB than Alabama for the first time in ages?
College Football
Luck calls for rivalries, rituals to be preserved amid changes in college football
NFL/USFL/UFL/Football
Swift and Kelce tie the knot at Madison Square Garden
Teammates of Kelce and others around sports attend his wedding to Swift
College Sports
Pine out as director of athletics at the Air Force Academy
NBA/Basketball
Brown still processing how he became a former Boston Celtic after stunning trade with 76ers
Lakers sending Ayton to the Wizards for Hardy and 2 second-round picks
Dončić reportedly 'excited' about Lakers' deals in eventful offseason
Celtics sign center Neemias Queta to a 4-year extension
Summer League games will use ‘1 free throw’ rule in an effort to speed up play
NHL/Hockey
Winners and losers of the NHL offseason include teams in big markets spending and improving
NHL free agency spills into Day 2 with Patrick Kane still available; Ovechkin returns to Capitals
Scoreboards